Medical Vocabulary Practice

Directions: Choose the best term to complete each of the sentences below

  1. Mary is a healthy 21-year-old Olympic athlete who no longer has her menses due to her excessive training. Her condition is called ___.
    1. menorrhagia
    2. dysmenorrhea
    3. amenorrhea

d.      menorrhea

  1. Stopping a patient’s blood flow during surgery is vital for the patient’s survival.  This act of stopping blood flow is called ___.
    1. hemostasis
    2. phlebostasis
    3. arteriostasis

d.      venostasis

  1. When doctors refer to pain in the internal organs of the body, they use the term ___.
    1. visceroskeletal
    2. viscerogenic
    3. visceroptosis

d.      visceralgia

  1. Human blood contains two types of cells, red and white.  The white blood cells are also called ___.
    1. melanocyte
    2. leukocyte
    3. cyanocyte

d.      xanthocyte

  1. When an examination of the interior of the eye is needed, the instrument that a doctor uses is called ___.
    1. ophthalmologist
    2. ophthalamopathy
    3. ophthalmoscope

d.      ophthalmoplegia

  1. High blood sugar is a condition known as ___.
    1. hypoglycemia
    2. hyperglycemia
    3. hypoglycogen

d.      hyperglycogen

  1. Sometimes the testicles of a male child fail to descend from the abdominal cavity when he is born.  This condition of hidden testicles is called ___.
    1. cryptotesticles
    2. cryptorchidism
    3. orchidism

d.      orchidoplasty

  1. When a woman’s vagina needs to be examined for abnormalities, a specific instrument is used.  This instrument is called ___.
    1. colopopathy
    2. colposcope
    3. vaginascope

d.      gynoscope

  1. There are three main layers of tissue in humans.  The outer germ layer is called the ___.
    1. ectoderm
    2. endoderm
    3. mesoderm

d.      retroderm

  1. There are three main layers of tissue in humans.  The middle germ layer is called the ___.
    1. ectoderm 
    2. endoderm
    3. mesoderm

d.      paraderm

  1. There are many one-celled organisms in the world.  Another word for one-cell is ___.
    1. nullicyte
    2. monocyte
    3. multicyte

d.      muticellular

  1. A high fever can cause the body to lose water.  This loss of water is called ___.
    1. dehydration
    2. dehydrated
    3. exhydration

d.      exhydrated

  1. When a tumor is found, it is often cut out and removed. This process is called ___.
    1. aberesis
    2. exeresis
    3. decretion

d.      excretion

  1. Opium belongs to a certain class of drugs that produces sleep. This type of drug is called a ___.
    1. narcolepsy
    2. narcotic
    3. narcosis

d.      pseudocotic

  1. Whenever a solution is injected into the blood, it must have the same osmotic pressure as red blood cells.  A solution which has the same osmotic pressure is called ___.
    1. isotonic
    2. anotonic
    3. peritonic

d.      circumotonic

  1. When people have an allergic reaction, they may develop hives, which are limited in the space that they cover.  Hives may be called ___ wheals.
    1. isoscribed
    2. diascribed
    3. periscribed

d.      circumscribed

  1. Soft contact lenses easily attract water.  They are ___.
    1. hydrophobia
    2. hydrophobic
    3. hydrophilic

d.      hydrosis

  1. When a country’s population has people from different ethnic backgrounds, the population is ___.
    1. homogeneous
    2. heterogeneous
    3. homosexual

d.      heterosexual

  1. When a patient has a problem over the stomach region of the body, the region is called ___.
    1. epigastric
    2. infragastric
    3. subgastric

d.      intragastric

  1. When an area is free from infection, the area is said to be ___.
    1. sepsis
    2. septic
    3. aseptic

d.      antiseptic

  1. A type of drug that works against infection is called ___.
    1. anticonvulsive
    2. antipyretic
    3. anitnarcotic

d.      antibiotic

  1. When a person has his/her heart on the right side of the body, the condition is called           cardiac             ___.
    1. transposition
    2. contralateral
    3. intransposition

d.      anti-transposition

  1. Arteries and nerves can divide into two branches.  This division is also called ___.
    1. unifurcation
    2. bifurcation
    3. trifurcation

d.      hemifurcation

  1. A child may be born with a deformity or condition.  This type of deformity or condition is called ___.
    1. unicongenital
    2. bicongenital
    3. congenital

d.      consanguinity

  1. Sometimes tissue is cut into parts for the purpose of study.  This action is called ___.
    1. consection
    2. dissection
    3. transsection

d.      unsection